Name meaning & stats
Abygail
Abygail means “my Fathers joy” (Hebrew origin). 2,860 US babies since 1940, peak 2009.
What it means
“my Fathers joy”
HebrewSpelling of Abigail
In US birth records
Peak year: 2009
2,860 US babies were named Abygail between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Abygail (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 162 Abigails spell it Abygail
- Abigail 89%
- Abbigail 3%
- Abigayle 1%
- Abagail 1%
- Abigale 1%
- Abbygail 1%
- Abygail 1%
- Abbigale <1%
- Abigael <1%
- Abbigayle <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2009)